Véronique Vitry

@Amorpheus @mxchara @ariaflame @geekysteven Sexual predation is probably the most basic and effective affirmation of dominance. I don't think it has anything to do with actual sex.

@ariaflame @mxchara @geekysteven sexual predation seems to be the preferred hobby of so many men in power, be it political, professional, or religious, and whatever the level of power they held.

@Uncleharvey@universeodon.com @Lazarou@mastodon.social @kimlockhartga@beige.party if only the young were behing the facists. But that's not the case. There's also a fringe of the older generation that have some sort of nostalgia of a time they perceive as easier (for a lot of reasons, mostly very personal).

@RichqrddeNooy which explains why my belgian grandmother called them 'crottes de souris', which translates as 'mice dung'

@Amorpheus @mxchara @ariaflame @geekysteven no prejudice on my part. Just awareness of what society pushes people to do when they feel they have to conform to social norm. And men are as much the victims of the system as women. It's just that, as the system makes it look like they are the winners, they tend to rebel a bit less than the obvious losers.

@urbalejoluna@sciences.social always wait for feedback. It will most probably be harsh enough that having forgotten you were the one to wrote the initial paper can help.

@Nina_cried @skaphle @Lana but money is worthless. We just decided it has a value. If we collectively decided that it has not and used turnips or buttons instead, what could stop us? The rich? They wouldn't be rich anymore.

@Amorpheus @ariaflame @mxchara @geekysteven When I say men in power, it's because there's more history for them, not to exclude women.

@mxchara @geekysteven can any organized religion not turn to cultist malevolence after some time?

@mxchara @geekysteven there are also issues with extremist Hinduists, you know. Look up some of the temple violence in India. Or just remember 1947 and what they did to the Muslims (it was reciprocal, however). Don't know about Buddhists but pretty sure I will not have to look that far to find something nasty.

@mxchara @ariaflame @geekysteven I think it's more of a "leaders" are moved to tyranny and believers forced into piety and whatever the leaders tell them to do. The more I think about it the more I see religion as a system people use to avoid to have to think too hard about life. And of course, some people will exploit that. Just like in the manosphere, if you look at it like that. But that's my personal opinion, noone has to adhere.

@catsalad@infosec.exchange well, it depends if they bite a human or an animal. In the same way of thinking, if you make cheese with your own milk, is it vegan?